Localization Service Definitions: Roles and Responsibilities

At VEQTA Translations, our production process is both robust and systematic. This article delineates our service definitions and outlines the responsibilities integral to each stage of our production process, ensuring transparency and clarity for our corporate clients.

In-Depth Responsibilities and Workflow:

Clients’ Contribution: Our engagement with clients begins with their vital input as they provide comprehensive source materials and detailed project scope requirements. Their ongoing participation in reviewing and validating deliverables underscores the collaborative nature of our process.

Project Management: Our Project Managers (PMs) are the linchpins of our operations, ensuring the integrity and thoroughness of information transfer and source materials essential for initiating production. Their role extends beyond mere administration, involving deep engagement with the content to ensure fidelity to the source material.

Leadership by Department Heads: Our Team’s Department Heads form the strategic leadership, orchestrating the efforts of various departments – Project Management, Linguistics, Desktop Publishing, Multimedia (Subtitling, eLearning), Audio and Video, Interpretation, Localization Engineering, Neural Machine Translation and Quality Assurance. Their strategic vision ensures the alignment of staff efforts with the project’s scope, guaranteeing seamless integration of all localized content.

Localization Engineers: Localization Engineers (LEs) bring technical expertise to the table, skillfully preparing and converting files for translation and offering comprehensive support for all CAT tool-related file conversions. Their work is critical in navigating the technical intricacies of file conversion and ensuring that translations are both technologically and correctly prepared for localization.

Precision of Translators: Our teams of human translators are equipped with cutting-edge tools and extensive linguistic resources, including lexicons, industry acknowledged term-bases and language resources (e.g Microsoft’s terminology collections), Translation Memory, and glossaries. They embody our dedication to linguistic precision, ensuring that each translation not only meets the client’s specifications but also resonates with the target audience.

Editorial Rigor: Editors are tasked with a high level of responsibility, rigorously verifying and refining translated files. They utilize a suite of specialized tools to maintain the utmost consistency, ensuring that the final product adheres to the client’s exacting accuracy standards.

Proofreaders’ Critical Eye: Proofreaders provide the final layer of scrutiny, meticulously reviewing the printable files. Their critical eye for detail ensures that every aspect of formatting, style, grammar, punctuation, and spelling is impeccable, resulting in polished and professional content.

Desktop Publishing and Multimedia Specialists: Our DTP and Multimedia specialists are the custodians of content aesthetics, tasked with the careful localization of materials to mirror the original layout and functions in the target language. This meticulous process ensures that the visual and functional integrity of the source material remains intact across diverse languages.

Audio and Video Specialists: Audio and Video (AV) Specialists blend technical expertise with creative acumen, managing audio recordings, and the synchronization of audio with video. They are responsible for the nuanced task of editing, creating subtitles, or localizing graphic on-screen text, maintaining the original’s auditory and visual impact.

Quality Assurance: Our Quality Assurance (QA) professionals are the final gatekeepers, their verification process ensures that the deliverables not only meet our stringent internal standards but also align with our client’s unique requirements.

Approval Authority: On VEQTA’s side the Production Manager provides the ultimate seal of approval for our localized content. This level of oversight is a testament to our unyielding commitment to excellence and client satisfaction. On the end-client’s side, the final approval authority is the client. All VEQTA’s deliverables includes complimentary revision and updates based on feedback for peace of mind.

Localization Service Definitions:

Our service definitions are crafted to provide clarity and precision:

Bug Fixing: Our approach to bug fixing is proactive and thorough, addressing errors detected in localized websites and software post-testing.
Cosmetic Testing: We conduct detailed visual inspections of UI elements, ensuring the localized application’s look and feel is consistent with its original design.
E-Learning and Courseware Localization: We specialize in adapting educational and training content for global audiences, maintaining pedagogical integrity across language barriers.
Desktop Publishing: Our DTP service employs specialized software for document layout, guaranteeing that the design remains true to the source while being fully adapted to the target market.
Functional Testing: We conduct extensive testing on the localized applications to validate their functional performance in real-world scenarios.
Glossary Development: We curate specialized terminologies and conduct comprehensive language testing, ensuring all linguistic aspects of a localized application are perfect.

•Linguistic Testing: This is made to assess the quality of an existing translation.
It’s a top level review capped at a couple of hours to assess a legacy translation to determine weather or not it requires further editing or proofreading. It’s typically done when there is a translation in place but it was done by an unknown external party or someone whose language skills can’t be verified.
Localization Testing: This service encapsulates the full spectrum of linguistic and cosmetic validation, assuring a polished final product.
Adaptation in Software and Website Localization: Our localization services extend to software and translation of web platforms, incorporating cultural nuance and linguistic accuracy.

VEQTA Translations is at the forefront of providing detailed and methodical translation and localization services. Our technical expertise and structured production process underscore our commitment to quality and precision, ensuring that we meet the nuanced demands of our corporate clients. We are dedicated to facilitating global communication with an unwavering focus on quality and client-centric service.